Spalding Western Relief Road September update

Spalding Western Relief Road September update

Construction of new roundabout underway.

What we achieved in June/July/August

  • Continued drainage works at the western side of train line
  • Began deconstruction of Two Plank Bridge
  • Completed piling works for the eastern structural embankments up to the bridge
  • Carried out initial static-load pile testing for the new bridge
  • Started ‘cropping piles’ on east and west side of site
  • Completed band drain installation on east and west side of site
  • Laid tarmac (up to binder course) on the new roundabout, and its north and south legs
  • Installed piezometers to monitor ground settlement as the embankments are constructed

What's happening in September/October/November

  • Fully re-open Enterprise Way and Spalding Road
  • Construct and join Enterprise way leg of new roundabout
  • Lay the final layer of new road surface on Spalding Road and the new roundabout
  • Construct pile caps and continue abutment and pier piling works for new bridge
  • Pouring and holding in place the concrete for the new bridge’s west and east abutment bases
  • Construction of piers east and west of railway

Current/ongoing traffic restrictions and closures

  • Closure of Two Plank Bridge, its connecting footpath and the footpath on the Wygate estate across the rail line
  • Full closure of the Enterprise Way / Spalding Road junction until mid-October
  • Temporary traffic signals on near the new Spalding Road roundabout’s north and south tie-ins until early October
  • Narrowed lanes on Spalding Road until mid-September

Upcoming traffic restrictions and closures

  • One week of night-time road closures on Spalding Road starting mid-October, when Enterprise Way works are complete – 7pm to 6am, dates to be confirme

For more information about the Spalding Western Relief Road project, visit www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/swrr.

Published: 5th September 2022